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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 57
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When the righteous die they enter into peace—Mercy promised to the penitent—There is no peace for the wicked.
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The</span> righteous <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 59: 2 (1-2).">perisheth</a>, and no man layeth <i>it</i> to heart: and merciful men <i>are</i> taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil <i>to come.</i>
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He shall enter into <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Paradise.">peace</a>: they shall rest in their beds, <i>each one </i>walking <i>in</i> his uprightness.
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&#182; But draw near hither, ye <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE people affiliated with evil; see v. 4-5.">sons</a> of the sorceress, the seed of the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sexual Immorality.">adulterer</a> and the whore.
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Against whom do ye sport yourselves?  against whom make ye a wide mouth, <i>and</i> draw out the tongue?  <i>are</i> ye not <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 1: 4.">children</a> of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
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Enflaming yourselves with <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 14: 23 (22-23); 2 Kgs. 16: 4 (2-4).">idols</a> under every green tree, <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/5b" mark="b" type="E" title="IE participating in abominable cult sacrifices. Cp.:; Jer. 7: 31; Jer. 32: 35.">slaying</a> the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/57/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 16: 20.">children</a> in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
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Among the smooth <i>stones</i> of the stream <i>is</i> thy portion; they, they <i>are</i> thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering.  Should I receive comfort in these?
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Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/7a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE as an altar for idolatrous use.">bed</a>: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
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Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/8a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB exposed.">discovered</a> <i>thyself to</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Idolatry."><i>another</i></a> than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee <i>a covenant</i> with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest <i>it</i>.
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And thou wentest to the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/9a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB melech or molech (a horrible idol).">king</a> with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase <i>thyself even </i>unto hell.
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Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; <i>yet</i> saidst thou not, There is no <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 18: 12 (11-12).">hope</a>: thou hast found the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/10b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE renewal of strength.">life</a> of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
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And of whom hast thou been afraid or <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 3: 7.">feared</a>, that thou hast <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 78: 36 (35-37).">lied</a>, and hast not remembered me, nor laid <i>it</i> to thy heart?  have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
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I will <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 1: 3.">declare</a> thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
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&#182; When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take <i>them:</i> but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Lands of Inheritance.">mountain</a>;
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/14a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB And he shall say.">And</a> shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 62: 10.">prepare</a> the way, take up the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/57/14c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jacob 4: 14 (13-14).">stumblingblock</a> out of the way of my people.  
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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Eternal Nature of.">eternity</a>, whose name <i>is</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 1: 49.">Holy</a>; I dwell in the high and holy <i>place,</i> with him also <i>that is</i> of a <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/57/15c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Contrite Heart.">contrite</a> and <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/57/15d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Humility.">humble</a> spirit, to <sup>e</sup><a href="isa/57/15e" mark="e" type="A" title="Isa. 61: 1.">revive</a> the spirit of the <sup>f</sup><a href="isa/57/15f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Poor in Spirit.">humble</a>, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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For I will not <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Micah 7: 18; D&C 1: 33.">contend</a> for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="Moses 3: 7.">souls</a> <i>which</i> I have made.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 63: 32.">iniquity</a> of his <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 31.">covetousness</a> was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/57/17c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB turning away.">frowardly</a> in the way of his heart.
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I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 112: 10.">lead</a> him also, and restore <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Comfort.">comforts</a> unto him and to his <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/57/18c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Sorrow.">mourners</a>.
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I create the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/19a" mark="a" type="E" title="IE speech; Heb. 13: 15.">fruit</a> of the lips; Peace, peace to <i>him that is</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/57/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Acts 2: 39.">far</a> off, and to <i>him that is</i> near, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; and I will heal him.
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But the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Wickedness.">wicked</a> <i>are</i> like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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<i>There is</i> no <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/57/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Conscience; TG Peace.">peace</a>, saith my God, to the wicked.
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